Which Fungi did this?

[sean]

This Oak came down during the night last week. As you can see the roots are totally shot.

 

 

With my limited knowledge I'm taking a guess at Inonotus dryadeus. Although the compensatory growth of the buttress formation doesnt seem to be as apparent as others i have seen. Especially considering how far gone this tree was.

 

Think i will have a saw around further up the trunk to see extent of the decay.

 

There was also alot of black dye like stuff and a black jelly type fungus on one of the roots:confused1:

 

Anyway i'm sure Hama will have a good look at this (can take you to see if you want) and of course The Monkey himself.

[David Humphries]

Do you know if there has been any Collybia in the vicinity sean ?

 

 

 

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[Will Hinchliffe]

Could be collybia fussipies. The decay looks right.

[Will Hinchliffe]

Jinx

[David Humphries]

Jinx

 

 

 

possibly, if you'd of been a whole two minutes earlier

 

 

 

 

 

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[sean]

Dunno.......i thought that the compensatory growth would have extended far higher up the trunk with collybia......a more fluted appearance?

[David Humphries]

I've seen some very straight untapered trunked Oak, felled by what appeared (by presence) to be collybia.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Colybia rarely if ever produces responses other than very low highly ramified(replacement) roots and only then when its vita and dealing with this nasty little parasite. (sorry andy it is!)

 

I think you might have a bit of white butt rot here, sorry you HAVE got a bit of white butt rot here, igniarius, gano.....

 

maybe complicated by colybia which is a surface cambium issue, when combined with an underside or butt rot is leathal.

 

in this case it is the repetative and long term abuse of the upper root surfaces causing wounding year on year, and increasing the spread and rendering barriers worthless

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

the black plating is a good indicator of colybia